Jerry Uelsmann Get Ready.

“Undiscovered Self” Jerry Uelsmann, US, 1999

Biography• Born in Detroit on June 11, 1934.• Married to Maggie Taylor.

• Went to Rochester Institute of Technology & Indiana University.

• Began to teach photography at University of FL.

• Became a graduate research professor of art (photography) at the university.

• His photographs are in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide.

Of course I’m still alive~

Cultural Impact

From Minor White, he learned that his camera had the ability not only to record images, but also that "it did have the potential of transcending the initial subject matter.”

• He began work as a graduate assistant in the laboratory at Indiana, but decided that this was not the right field for him.

Untitled [figure embedded in grass in landscape], 1983 , Jerry Uelsmann

SALVADOR

SALVADOR DALI IN DALI IN PHOTOGRA

PHOTOGRA-PHY-PHY

wizard in

the

darkroom !

!!!

Whoa, how did he do that?

• Superimposing Images in darkroom.

• Suddenly I gave myself a slap and thought “Oh, my God, if I put my negatives in different enlargers I could move the paper from easel to easel rather than constantly switching the negatives in the enlarger.”

• Superimpose: Place or lay (one thing) over

another, typically so that both are still evident.

“My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license to explore.”

Jerry Uelsmann.

“There’s a lot of source material once you have the freedom of not having to complete an image at the camera.”

Jerry Uelsmann.

EVERYTHING is an inspiration to him.

Jerry Uelsmann Untitled (Eye in Garden), 1975 ,Black-and white photograph, 19½ x 13 , Jerry Uelsmann

• black-and-white composite photographs

• merges and layers

elements of the natural and manmade worlds with seamless exactitude.

Three Wings, Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled .1987, Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled – 1978Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled - 1978

Untitled,1975

Jerry Uelsmann

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Home Age to Man Ray, 1997, Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry UelsmannUntitled [rowboat, ocean and clouds in cupped hands], 1996

Jerry UelsmannUntitled [rowboat, ocean and clouds in cupped hands], 1996

• Jerry UelsmannUntitled [rowboat in room with cloud ceiling, shadow figure on back wall], 1996

• Jerry UelsmannUntitled [waterfall and floating rowboat], 1997

• Jerry UelsmannFree Spirit, 1998

• Jerry UelsmannUntitled [rowboat and clouds], 1998

• Jerry UelsmannThe Dream, 2001

• Jerry UelsmannPath of Self Dicovery, 2001

Jerry UelsmannUntitled [floating boat, houseon water], 2000

Jerry UelsmannUntitled [lips on country road], 2000

Jerry Uelsmann

Untitled [lips on country road],

2000

Jerry UelsmannUntitled [Psycho House], 1978

Jerry UelsmannUntitled [Kudzu building, sea foam], 1982

Did You Know…?• Uelsmann does not use any digital processes. He

creates each print in the darkroom using three to eight enlargers.

• Jerry Uelsmann was a student of Minor White's and did a workshop with Ansel Adams.

• He was the professor of Photography at University of Florida in Gainesville.

• He is no longer printing any photographs dated before 1980.

• Jerry has a great sense of humor.

In case you didn’t know…

• Minor White

In case you didn’t know…

• Ansel Adams